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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2023
Filed:
May. 16, 2022
Jabil Inc., St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Nicholas John Dippel, Burnsville, MN (US);
Steven Kubiak, Edina, MN (US);
Zachary Peterson, New Hope, MN (US);
Mathew Artin Torosian, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
John Gordon Eue, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Thomas Fry, Victoria, MN (US);
Jabil Inc., St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Abstract
Useful thermoplastic polymer powders are formed by a method comprising: cooling a foam comprised of a thermoplastic foam below the brittleness temperature of the thermoplastic polymer, wherein the foam has an average strut dimension of 10 to 500 micrometers, and comminuting the cooled foam to form a thermoplastic polymer powder. The method allows for the efficient grinding of the thermoplastic polymer having improved morphology and desirable characteristics such as dry flow without flow aids.